STWR - Share The World's Resources

An increasing number of people worldwide are at risk from forced displacement due to climate change. A legally binding international agreement is required to recognise and address the needs of these ‘climate refugees’, argues a report from the Environmental Justice Foundation.

Africa’s relatively small contribution to global warming comes mainly from natural resource extraction. Yet even this role could be reduced if governments and foreign companies heed the warnings from local environmental activists, write William Minter and Anita Wheeler.

Agribusiness companies are aggressively lobbying to make a range of farming activities eligible for funding at the upcoming climate talks. If successful, billions of dollars will be invested into the very approach to food production that is exacerbating the climate crisis, warns GRAIN.

The planet is moving into an accelerated period of climate change, driven in a large part by the industrial agribusiness model that dominates the global food system. The worldwide movement for food sovereignty offers a promising alternative, argue GRAIN.

Even if the world’s leaders fulfil their most ambitious climate pledges, global warming will still advance at a rate much faster than previously forecast. Scientists are concerned that some impacts are already irreversible, says a report by the United Nations Environment Program.

Rather than reducing emissions, carbon trading avoids the fundamental changes needed to mitigate climate change. Alternatives must be developed together with local communities to prevent a repeat of the dispossession and social injustice caused by offsetting schemes, says Oscar Reyes.

Europe is using more than its fair share of the world’s natural resources. In order to protect the fragile eco-systems on our planet, the EU must tackle this issue by adopting polities to reduce consumption and increase resource efficiency. Report by Friends of the Earth.